"Get up!"
A kick to the stomach caused Hiccup to awaken with a weak yell. She heard the voice of Savage as he pulled her to her feet by her arm, "Alvin wants to show you something."
Savage bound Hiccup's wrists in front of her with special manacles that were specifically made for her, to prevent her hands from using her fire. He pulled her through the hallways of the Outcast dungeon.
Hiccup's eyes quickly adjusted to the dim light. There were many other prisoners, all men. They were shaking their cell doors. Some were giving her cat-calls. Savage pushed her passed one of the cells as the resident of the cell grabbed her by the arm and called out, "Hey, Savage! When will it be our turn to have some fun with her?"
"Shut up!" yelled Savage. He hit the man in the head with had club. He pulled Hiccup along with him as they left.
Hiccup stared at the ground, not wanting to show her fear. Please, Odin. Please just let Toothless be alright.
000
Astro was fastening Stormfly's saddle, when Stoick walked into the arena, "Astro? Where is Hiccup. She hasn't returned to the island... What are you doing?"
"Nothing, Chief." said Astro, in a casual way, "We're just... taking a quick flight around the island."
Stoick glanced over to Fishlegs.
As soon as he knew he was being watched, Fishlegs in-hesitantly blurted everything out, "We're-going-to-the-Isle-of-Night-to-look-for-Hiccup-and-Toothess! It's-an-island-filled-with-Night-Furies! Could be dangerous-maybe not. Wanna come?"
With an exaggerated groan, Astro buried his face in his palms.
Gobber walked into the arena, "Ahh. There you are, Stock. The strangest thing happened. I went to Mildew's house with his fixed wagon wheel. But there was no sign of him. On his property or in his house."
Stoick turned to Astro, "After I go with Astro and the group, I'll investigate it."
Astro opened his mouth to object, but knew it would've been pointless. Stoick was the chief. He was just a villager. So he nodded.
000
Savage shoved Hiccup into another dungeon, where dragons were being held prisoner. Alvin was standing just inside, "Welcome, Hiccup. Sleep well?"
Without an answer, Hiccup scanned the halls of the dungeon. Every cell had a dragon captive inside. Some dragons were even chained to the floor. But there was no sign of Toothless anywhere. "Alvin, where's my dragon?" Hiccup turned to face Alvin and asked in a louder tone, "Where's Toothless?"
Alvin smiled, "You'll see it soon enough. Come." He grabbed the girl by the arm and pushed her deeper into the prison, "Show them you're one of them."
Hiccup didn't want to, but she knew she had no choice. Mildew could've shown him the doll. He might have had the ability to hurt her if she disobeyed. She reluctantly spread her wings, letting the dragons observe them.
She could hear them whispering amongst themselves. But they were so quiet that even she couldn't understand what they were saying.
Alvin gently pressed his sword against Hiccup's back, "Walk."
Alvin made Hiccup walked up to the first cell, holding a dragon with no legs, but a large head, small wings and a very long tail: the Whispering Death.
Two Outcasts were inside, trying to calm the dragon. But the Whispering Death tunnelled into the floor beneath them. It shot out of the ground and slammed them against the far wall. The dragon turned to face Alvin. Hiccup could hear it's male voice cussing at the man.
"You do know that it's gonna keep doing that. Right?" said Hiccup, "It is a Whispering Death after all."
"Keep quiet!" Savage used his club to push Hiccup passed the Whispering Death.
Hiccup was stopped at a cell that had a Scauldron. There was a basin of water in the cell with it. The Scauldron turned to Hiccup, "You... You're the one that scratched me. The one that tried to hunt me down."
Hiccup remembered when she was sick. She remembered the time she left Berk to find a Scauldron and get its venom to heal her and the dragons, "I wasn't-"
The Scauldron sprayed his hot water at Hiccup, missing her and hitting one of the nearby guards.
"A Scauldron." said Hiccup in the human tongue, "Impressive. However, you might wanna consider cutting back his water."
Knowing that they wanted her to see more, Hiccup walked to the next cell.
There were only two guards in the cell. One of them shook his head, "It's escaped again."
"Actually," corrected Hiccup, "she is right behind you: Changewing."
The female dragon appeared out of nowhere and spat her lime-green acid at the guards.
Hiccup smiled as she shook her head, "You guys really need to learn how to prevent the dragons from hurting you."
Alvin turned Hiccup so she was facing him, "That, my friend, is exactly why I brought you here. You're my special guest. This is going to be your new job, and a very important one of you ask me."
Alvin pushed Hiccup farther.
"A job?" asked Hiccup, slightly amused, "Me? Well, as inviting as it sounds, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to pass."
"Hiccup, Hiccup, Hiccup." said Alvin, "Why do you always have to make things so difficult?"
"Not the first time I've been-Toothless!" Hiccup tried to run to the cell in front of her, but Savage held her back. Inside the cell, was Toothless. He was chained up so tightly that he couldn't move.
Toothless looked to his friend, trying to run to her. But he quickly gave up.
"Don't worry, Toothless!" purred Hiccup, "I'll get you out."
"Whatever you're planning with that dragon," warned Alvin, "it's not going to work. None of you are getting out of here. You're going to help me train these dragons."
Hiccup glanced at the Outcast chief over her shoulder, "And if I don't?"
"Well, then, these dragons won't be useful to me. None of them will. Not even yours. And when something is no longer useful, we dispose of it."
Hiccup looked back at Toothless. She knew she couldn't risk losing his life, but she didn't want to give in.
What do I do? What should I do?